Imlay City vs Metamora

A side-by-side comparison of Imlay City and Metamora: population, income, housing, and more.

Imlay City and Metamora are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Imlay City has the higher population (3,706 vs 761 in Metamora). Metamora has the higher median household income ($84,453 vs $55,061 in Imlay City). Metamora has the higher median home value ($264,500 vs $137,800 in Imlay City).

Population, income & housing

	Imlay City	Metamora
Population	3,706	761
Median age	35.3 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,061	$84,453
Median home value	$137,800	$264,500
Median gross rent	$764	$988
Housing units	1,834	269
Homeownership rate	53.8%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Imlay City	Metamora
Population	3,568 → 3,706 (+3.9%)	534 → 761 (+42.5%)
Median household income	$34,390 → $55,061 (+60.1%)	$55,000 → $84,453 (+53.6%)
Median home value	$113,300 → $137,800 (+21.6%)	$162,500 → $264,500 (+62.8%)
Median gross rent	$707 → $764 (+8.1%)	$940 → $988 (+5.1%)

Imlay City

Population

3,5683,706

Median household income

$34,390$55,061

Median home value

$113,300$137,800

Median gross rent

$707$764

Metamora

Population

534761

Median household income

$55,000$84,453

Median home value

$162,500$264,500

Median gross rent

$940$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Imlay City	Metamora
Under 5	8.8%	8.4%
5 to 17	18.8%	23.3%
18 to 24	6.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	16.3%	10.6%
35 to 44	8.2%	20.8%
45 to 54	15.3%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.1%	10.9%
65 to 74	8.8%	5.5%
75 and over	5.7%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Imlay City	Metamora
White (non-Hispanic)	52.9%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	9.2%
Hispanic or Latino	43.3%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Imlay City	Metamora
No high school diploma	21.8%	7.7%
High school graduate	32.0%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Imlay City	Metamora
Drove alone	78.8%	81.6%
Carpooled	18.2%	7.8%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Imlay City	Metamora
1-unit, detached	35.0%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Imlay City	Metamora
Poverty rate	25.5%	6.0%
Average household size	2.23	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1973	1982